From Strength to Strength: A Manual for Professionals Who Facilitate Diverse Parent Groups

Contents......Page 10
Glossary......Page 12
SECTION 1: How to use this manual......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
Social change—its impact on parents and parenting......Page 17
Steps to establishing a parent group......Page 24
SECTION 2: Background information for core modules......Page 43
Preparation and background information......Page 44
Child development......Page 46
Behaviour and discipline......Page 50
Communication......Page 52
Emotional wellbeing......Page 54
SECTION 3: Session content for core modules......Page 58
Child development......Page 59
Behaviour and discipline......Page 63
Communication......Page 66
Emotional wellbeing......Page 69
Child development......Page 73
Behaviour and discipline......Page 77
Communication......Page 80
Emotional wellbeing......Page 83
Child development......Page 86
Behaviour and discipline......Page 89
Communication......Page 92
Emotional wellbeing......Page 96
Adolescent development......Page 99
Behaviour and discipline......Page 102
Communication......Page 105
Emotional wellbeing......Page 108
SECTION 4: Additional and optional topics......Page 113
Introduction......Page 114
Bullying......Page 115
Homework......Page 118
Loss and grief......Page 121
Siblings......Page 126
Transition stages......Page 129
SECTION 5: Specialist modules......Page 132
Parents in crisis situations......Page 133
Preparation for specialist parent groups......Page 137
Adolescent parents......Page 143
Indigenous Australian parents......Page 147
Parenting grandchildren......Page 151
Parenting in a step­ or blended family......Page 155
Parents from culturally and linguistically diverse communities......Page 159
Parents with children with additional needs......Page 164
Caring for children in out­of­home care......Page 170
Sole parents......Page 174
Parenting after violence in the home......Page 177
Parents in prison or on remand......Page 181
Parents involved with statutory child welfare services......Page 185
Parents with an intellectual disability......Page 189
Parents with a mental illness......Page 196
Parents with substance­abuse issues......Page 199